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{{Infobox Company
'''Shout! Factory''' is an [[United States|American]] home video and music distribution company, originally founded as '''Retropolis Entertainment''' in [[2002]]. It typically releases already-released films and television shows to home video in the United States and Canada. Shout! Factory has released numerous giant monster films, typically under its '''Scream Factory''' label, as well as many other [[tokusatsu]] film and television productions. It operates its own tokusatsu-themed streaming service known as Tokushoutsu, and currently holds the streaming rights to the majority of the [[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultra Series|Ultra Series]] through a licensing deal with [[Mill Creek Entertainment]].
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'''Shout! Factory''' is an [[United States|American]] home video and music distribution company, originally founded as '''Retropolis Entertainment''' in [[2002]]. It typically releases existing films and television shows to home video in the United States and Canada. Shout! Factory has released numerous giant monster films, at times under its '''Scream Factory''' imprint, as well as many other [[tokusatsu]] film and television productions. It operates its own tokusatsu-themed streaming service known as TokuSHOUTsu, and currently holds the streaming rights to the majority of the ''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Series|Ultra Series]]'' through a licensing deal with [[Mill Creek Entertainment]]. Through a deal with [[The Criterion Collection|Janus Films]], Shout! Factory has made the entire [[Showa era|Showa]] [[Godzilla (franchise)|''Godzilla'' series]], save for ''[[King Kong vs. Godzilla]]'', available to stream along with ''[[Rodan (film)|Rodan]]'' and ''[[The War of the Gargantuas]]''. It is also the rights holder for ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'', and brought 12 seasons of ''[[wikipedia:Super Sentai|Super Sentai]]'' to DVD from 2015 to 2019. In [[2021]], it brought [[Dino De Laurentiis]]' ''[[King Kong (1976 film)|King Kong]]'' to Blu-ray in North America for the first time. In July [[2022]], Shout! Factory licensed the [[1986]] film ''[[King Kong Lives]]'' from StudioCanal and made it available to digital storefronts, though the company has not yet added it to its own streaming services or announced a potential Blu-ray release.
 
From November 3 to November 6, 2022, acclaimed Hollywood horror director [[wikipedia:John Carpenter|John Carpenter]] hosted ''Masters of Monsters'', a nightly marathon of four selected [[Toho]] Showa [[kaiju]] films directed by [[Ishiro Honda]] on numerous streaming services, presented by Shout! Factory TV. ''[[Godzilla (1954 film)|Godzilla]]'', ''Rodan'', ''[[Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster]]'', and ''The War of the Gargantuas'' were the featured films, courtesy of current North American rights holder Janus Films, which acted as a co-sponsor of the marathon.<ref name="Nerdist">{{cite web|url=https://nerdist.com/article/john-carpenter-hosts-shout-factory-tv-masters-of-monsters-weekend-celebrating-godzilla/?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=social+flow&utm_medium=social|title=JOHN CARPENTER HOSTS SHOUT! FACTORY TV’S MASTERS OF MONSTERS WEEKEND CELEBRATING GODZILLA|author=Anderson, Kyle|work=Nerdist|date=27 September 2022}}</ref>
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==Selected releases==
==Selected releases==
*''[[Gamera (film)|Gamera]]'' (1965) - DVD (2010)
*''[[Gamera the Giant Monster]]'' (1965) - DVD (2010)
*''[[Gamera vs. Barugon]]'' (1966) - DVD (2010)
*''[[Gamera vs. Barugon]]'' (1966) - DVD (2010)
*''[[Gamera vs. Gyaos]]'' (1967) and ''[[Gamera vs. Viras]]'' (1968) - DVD (2010)
*''[[Gamera vs. Gyaos]]'' (1967) and ''[[Gamera vs. Viras]]'' (1968) - DVD (2010)
*''[[Gamera vs. Guiron]]'' (1969) and ''[[Gamera vs. Jiger]]'' (1970) - DVD (2010)
*''[[Gamera vs. Guiron]]'' (1969) and ''[[Gamera vs. Jiger]]'' (1970) - DVD (2010)
*''[[Gamera vs. Zigra]]'' (1971) and ''[[Gamera: Super Monster]]'' (1980) - DVD (2010)
*''[[Gamera vs. Zigra]]'' (1971) and ''[[Gamera Super Monster]]'' (1980) - DVD (2010)
*''[[Reptilicus (film)|Reptilicus]]'' (1961) - DVD (2013) and Blu-ray (2015)
*''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]] Vol. XXI: MST3K vs. Gamera'' (TV 1991) - DVD (2011) [includes the Season 3 episodes ''Gamera'', ''Gamera vs. Barugon'', ''Gamera vs. Gaos'', ''Gamera vs. Guiron'', and ''Gamera vs. Zigra'']
*''[[w:c:ultra:Ultraseven (series)|Ultraseven]]'' (TV 1967-68) - DVD (2012)
*''[[w:c:ultra:Ultra Q|Ultra Q]]'' (TV 1966) - DVD (2013)
*''[[wikipedia:Giant_Robo_(TV_series)|Johnny Sokko And His Flying Robot]]'' (TV 1967) - DVD (2013)
*''Mystery Science Theater 3000: 25th Anniversary Edition'' - DVD (2013) [includes the ''[[Gorgo (film)|Gorgo]]'' episode]
*''Mystery Science Theater 3000 Volume XXX'' - DVD (2014) [includes ''[[The Black Scorpion]]'' episode]
*''[[Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind]]'' (1984) - Blu-ray (2017)
*''Mystery Science Theater 3000 Season 11'' (TV 2017) - Blu-ray and DVD (2018) [includes the ''[[Yongary, Monster from the Deep]]'' episode]
*''[[King Kong (1976 film)|King Kong]]'' (1976) - Blu-ray (2021)
*''[[King Kong (1976 film)|King Kong]]'' (1976) - Blu-ray (2021)
*''Classic Tokusatsu Collection'' - Blu-ray set (2024) [includes ''[[Magic Serpent]]'']
==Selected streaming catalog==
*''[[Godzilla (1954 film)|Godzilla]]'' (1954)
*''[[Godzilla (1954 film)#U.S. release|Godzilla, King of the Monsters!]]'' (1956)
*''[[Godzilla Raids Again]]'' (1955)
*''[[Rodan (film)|Rodan]]'' (1956)
*''[[Mothra vs. Godzilla]]'' (1964)
*''[[Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster]]'' (1964)
*''[[Invasion of Astro-Monster]]'' (1965)
*''[[The War of the Gargantuas]]'' (1966)
*''[[Gamera the Giant Monster#U.S. release|Gammera the Invincible]]'' (1966)
*''[[Ebirah, Horror of the Deep]]'' (1966)
*''[[Magic Serpent]]'' (1966)
*''[[Gamera vs. Gyaos|Gamera vs. Gaos]]'' (1967) [''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' version]
*''[[Son of Godzilla]]'' (1967)
*''[[Destroy All Monsters]]'' (1968)
*''[[All Monsters Attack]]'' (1969)
*''[[Gamera vs. Jiger]]'' (1970) [''Mystery Science Theater 3000'' version]
*''[[Gamera vs. Zigra]]'' (1971) [''Mystery Science Theater 3000'' version]
*''[[Godzilla vs. Hedorah]]'' (1971)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Gigan]]'' (1972)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Megalon]]'' (1973)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla]]'' (1974)
*''[[Terror of Mechagodzilla]]'' (1975)
*''[[Gamera Super Monster]]'' (1980) [''[[wikipedia:Elvira's Movie Macabre|Elvira's Movie Macabre]]'' version]
==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery widths="120" position="center" captionalign="center" spacing="small">
<gallery widths="120" position="center" captionalign="center" spacing="small">
Scream Factory logo.jpg|Scream Factory logo
91E8XTmA08L SL1500 .jpg|''[[Gamera the Giant Monster]]'' DVD
91E8XTmA08L SL1500 .jpg|''[[Gamera (film)|Gamera: The Giant Monster]]'' DVD
911YeHXtrEL SL1500 .jpg|''[[Gamera vs. Barugon]]'' DVD
911YeHXtrEL SL1500 .jpg|''[[Gamera vs. Barugon]]'' DVD
91e-YOEDH+L SL1500 .jpg|''[[Gamera vs. Gyaos]]'' and ''[[Gamera vs. Viras]]'' DVD
91e-YOEDH+L SL1500 .jpg|''[[Gamera vs. Gyaos]]'' and ''[[Gamera vs. Viras]]'' DVD
914KgHAwZeL SL1500 .jpg|''[[Gamera vs. Guiron]]'' and ''[[Gamera vs. Jiger]]'' DVD
914KgHAwZeL SL1500 .jpg|''[[Gamera vs. Guiron]]'' and ''[[Gamera vs. Jiger]]'' DVD
516+faOgxhL.jpg|''[[Gamera vs. Zigra]]'' and ''[[Gamera: Super Monster|Gamera: The Super Monster]]'' DVD
516+faOgxhL.jpg|''[[Gamera vs. Zigra]]'' and ''[[Gamera Super Monster|Gamera: The Super Monster]]'' DVD
61RD9fQHoKL.jpg|''The Amazing Transparent Man'', ''[[Reptilicus (film)|Reptilicus]]'', ''The Neanderthal Man'', and ''The Brain That Wouldn't Die'' DVD
Tentacles-reptilicus-scream-factory-blu-ray.jpg|''Tentacles'' and ''Reptilicus'' Blu-ray
King Kong 1976 collector's edition.png|[[King Kong (1976 film)|''King Kong'' (1976)]] Blu-ray
King Kong 1976 collector's edition.png|[[King Kong (1976 film)|''King Kong'' (1976)]] Blu-ray
Classic Tokusatsu Collection.jpg|''Classic Tokusatsu Collection'' Blu-ray set
</gallery>
</gallery>
==External links==
*[https://www.shoutfactory.com/ Official website]
*[https://mastersofmonsters.com/ ''Masters of Monsters'' official website]
==References==
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Latest revision as of 07:22, 13 February 2024

Shout! Factory, LLC
Shout! Factory logo
Scream Factory logo

Type Home video and music distributor
Status Active
Led by
  • Richard Foos (CEO)
  • Bob Emmer (COO)
  • Garson Foos (President)
Founder(s)
  • Richard Foos
  • Bob Emmer
  • Garson Foos
Founded 2002
Head-
quarters 		Los Angeles, California, United States
Also known as Retropolis Entertainment (2002-2003)
Subsidiary companies
  • Timeless Media Group
  • Satellite of Love LLC
  • Majordomo Records
  • Biograph Records
Website https://www.shoutfactory.com/

Shout! Factory is an American home video and music distribution company, originally founded as Retropolis Entertainment in 2002. It typically releases existing films and television shows to home video in the United States and Canada. Shout! Factory has released numerous giant monster films, at times under its Scream Factory imprint, as well as many other tokusatsu film and television productions. It operates its own tokusatsu-themed streaming service known as TokuSHOUTsu, and currently holds the streaming rights to the majority of the Ultra Series through a licensing deal with Mill Creek Entertainment. Through a deal with Janus Films, Shout! Factory has made the entire Showa Godzilla series, save for King Kong vs. Godzilla, available to stream along with Rodan and The War of the Gargantuas. It is also the rights holder for Mystery Science Theater 3000, and brought 12 seasons of Super Sentai to DVD from 2015 to 2019. In 2021, it brought Dino De Laurentiis' King Kong to Blu-ray in North America for the first time. In July 2022, Shout! Factory licensed the 1986 film King Kong Lives from StudioCanal and made it available to digital storefronts, though the company has not yet added it to its own streaming services or announced a potential Blu-ray release.

From November 3 to November 6, 2022, acclaimed Hollywood horror director John Carpenter hosted Masters of Monsters, a nightly marathon of four selected Toho Showa kaiju films directed by Ishiro Honda on numerous streaming services, presented by Shout! Factory TV. Godzilla, Rodan, Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster, and The War of the Gargantuas were the featured films, courtesy of current North American rights holder Janus Films, which acted as a co-sponsor of the marathon.[1]

Selected releases

Selected streaming catalog

Gallery

External links

References

This is a list of references for Shout! Factory. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: [1]

  1. ↑ Anderson, Kyle (27 September 2022). "JOHN CARPENTER HOSTS SHOUT! FACTORY TV'S MASTERS OF MONSTERS WEEKEND CELEBRATING GODZILLA". Nerdist.

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